Math Test

I stayed home the whole weekend. I had to study a lot for my upcoming test in math and in microeconomics.

I used to have problems with creating equations based on questions, but the new teacher has taught me how to do it in an easy way. I feel a lot more confident about it now and I can thank my professor for that.

There were 15 questions on the test and ten of them consisted of pure numbers and equations, the other five were essay questions dealing with creating equations based on different problems.

The professor puts a lot of effort to the class, and he actually gives everyone a different test so no one will be able to cheat. Berkeley College’s small classes make this possible but the teacher himself is also very generous.

I had the test this morning and I was not very nervous about it. I studied for ten minutes before the class began so I was able to double check if I was ready or not. The test was not that hard and I think I did fine.

I went through the test one more time before handing it to the teacher and I think that everything is correct. My professor will probably post the results tomorrow so I am looking forward to see my score.

I also studied for my microeconomics test. My professor is great and he put up review questions on blackboard so that students can practice for the test. There are 20 questions posted and I got 19 out of 20 correct on my first try so I am very confident that I will get a good score on the midterm.

I am going to study some more for it this week but I will not work too hard on it. Just like macroeconomics, microeconomics is easy for me. The first midterm covers some of the things we talked about in the macroeconomics class too so that makes it a little easier for old macroeconomics students.

I also typed down my notes from my business law class this weekend. It took me about two hours to do that and I already have eight pages with size ten typed down. I am sure that the midterm will be pretty big so I think it is good that I am already repeating the things we have talked about. 

Bad Mistake

I had a very eventful day today. Unfortunately, it was not in a very good way. The day started off great with my business law class. The teacher is very funny and it is interesting to learn more about the court system in the United States.

Instead of talking about business law, we discussed politics and last night’s debate between McCain and Obama. It was not directly related to business law but it was still interesting to talk a little about it.

I did not open my mouth until a Swedish student claimed that we have an income tax of 26% in Sweden, which is an entirely underestimated rate. I also explained that people will have to count other taxes to get an understanding of how high the tax really is.

Berkeley College is a very clean and modern school so I was surprised when hearing someone scream after he saw a roach in the classroom. No one stepped on it so after that moment everyone was kind of tense and nervous, continuously looking at the floor.

I had a quiz today and I am a little disappointed with it. I thought the test contained only one page. Unfortunately, there were five more questions on the back of the paper. I noticed it after I turned it in so I asked my teacher after the class if I could fill out the missing answers. However, he did not let me, which I can understand.

Him and I actually laughed a little about it because he knows that I am one of the best students in the class. Fortunately, it was only a quiz so I will probably only lose 3.5 points. If I get all the questions right, which I think I will, it will also show that I have knowledge about it and that I mistakenly did not see the other page.

It was another volatile day at Wall Street today. DJIA was down approximately 400 points during the day but amazingly recovered and closed at 400 points up.

It feels good that it is weekend. I will have to study a lot though because I have two midterms next week. The first one is in college algebra and the second one is in microeconomics. I feel pretty confident about both of them but I want to review the math because I really do not want to disappoint myself.

I will also go to Central Park to have a walk with my fiancée. It looks fantastic during the fall and the air is very fresh. I will not bring my SLR camera, but I think I will bring a small compact camera to at least capture some of the nice environment. 

Tests

I just came back from school after having my last class that finished at two. I usually go to the gym after school but I had a really bad headache today so I went home instead. The reason I got a headache was because someone came in to the elevator when I was in there and wore really strong perfume.

I could feel the headache just seconds after I exited the elevator. It is really annoying when that happens and I really cannot understand why some people have difficulty in understanding how bad the smell is.

I brought my own lunch to school today for the first time since I came to New York. The last time I brought my own lunch was when I was working in Sweden, which was more than a year ago. I can actually save some money by doing that because I normally spend about $5 on lunch every day in school.

I brought some Swedish sandwiches with cheese, which is perfect for lunch because it is fast to eat.

The DJIA went up by 936 points yesterday, which is a historical record. It was an amazing day to follow the stock markets and there were a lot of happy faces at Wall Street. It is still a long way to go, however, until the financial markets will have recovered from the last weeks huge drop.

I will have a quiz in microeconomics this Thursday, but I do not feel worried about it at all. Everything we have discussed so far has almost been like a review from macroeconomics. The quiz will, however, cover the things that are somewhat new for me, but I do understand that material as well.

The quiz will be about the production possibility frontier, and I think that some students will have problems about understand some of that. I do not believe that it is difficult but I can understand why some people feel confused about it.

I talked to a friend at school who got a job at the tutoring center. She will help people with accounting, which gave me an idea. Since I am a 4.0 student, I might be interested in helping people with micro and macroeconomics. I have not yet talked about this opportunity though, but it could be an interesting and fun experience for me.

I was supposed to have a math test tomorrow but because we were free from school yesterday, we will take the test next week instead. I would actually like to take it tomorrow instead since I feel ready for it, but I guess it is okay to wait another week. 

Halloween Is Coming Up

Halloween is coming up and I am looking forward to the huge parade in Manhattan. Halloween is celebrated October 31 and originates from the Gaelic culture. The Gaels believed that the boundary between the dead and the alive dissolved on October 31. The dead was said to become harmful and cause sickness and damage.

It is amazing to see the decorations that are arranged here in New York. Many households put up all kinds of different scary characters and pumpkins. I took the posted picture at my neighbor’s place.

Almost every store sells Halloween decorations. Pharmacies, hardware stores, and supermarkets all sell it. I really like holidays, and hopefully it may help to boost up the economy a little.

I am free from school tomorrow because it is Columbus Day. Most schools are closed during that day and I feel extra good because that is the day when I have a math class. We started with creating equations now and I was a little tense about it even though it is pretty basic. I do not have any problems in solving equations, but I feel that it can be difficult to create one from a word problem.

However, my math teacher is excellent and he takes everything step by step. I studied some math today and yesterday because I felt that I had to exercise. I am really surprised how fast I learned it and I feel ready for the first test. We had similar problems in my fundamentals for mathematics class so that is probably why it was easier for me to learn this time.

I typed down my notes for my business law class. It really helps to do that because now I got a review of what we have talked about. It was actually also the first time I took a look in the book.

One thing that is great about the book is that it is unbound. Since it is a book about law it is very thick so it helps a lot that it is not bound together. It gives people the opportunity to bring only one chapter in loose pages so people will not have to carry around an awfully heavy book.

I am going to eat meatballs with mashed potatoes tonight. I found out yesterday that I still have frozen meatballs in the fridge and it has been a while since I had that. 

Quiz Results

I got back my quiz results for my math test today. I got everything right, which is a big relief. I was a little worried about the quiz because I got some weird answers for two of the questions.

I really thought that the teacher would give me questions that would have a somewhat logic answer. I expected the answers to be simple numbers such as 34, 10, or similar because it was only a quiz. I got answers like A-10B over C, and -14 over 6 so that was why I got worried about it.

It always feels good after the first test because it is really hard to know how the teacher will put the test together. When you have had the first exam, you will know how the other tests will be structured. I feel a lot more confident for the upcoming test because of this.

The stock market had another catastrophic day today and it is a thrill to check the numbers online every day. It is nerve-racking to watch the website being loaded because you never know if the Dow Jones index will be negative 500 points.

My microeconomics teacher talks about the economic crises about ten minutes in the beginning of each class. The class would not normally cover this since it would be described as macroeconomics but he and we, the students, find that it is important to talk about in a business class.

My fiancée and I will stay home tomorrow. We both need to study and we also want one day to stay home and just relax. The days are beautiful right now. The fall is definitely my favorite season. I really want to go to Central Park to take some typical photos of the park and the colorful leafs.

I have some horrible aches from working out too much. I wanted to try out to lift some weights because it has been more than a year since I did that. I did not use too heavy weights so I thought I would avoid the worst aches. I think it will feel better tomorrow though, and I am a little happy that I have the aches because that proves that the work out actually did some good.

I will type down some notes in word tomorrow from my business law class. I want to create a good source that will make it easier for me to study for the upcoming test. I think that my tests in business law and math will be the most challenging ones this quarter. However, I should still be able to maintain my 4.0 GPD. 

First Quiz This Quarter

School has really started to kick off now. I have my first quiz tomorrow. That one is in math so I am not very amused by it, but I have been practicing for it and I feel prepared.

I am not very happy with my consumer behavior teacher. He is a great teacher with years and years of experience but his technique does not really fit me. He teaches pretty much straight from the book and he does not use the blackboard or PowerPoint presentations.

I did, however, have a similar teacher in international marketing last quarter, and that teacher turned out to be fantastic. I therefore do not want express myself in a too negative matter yet.

It is very interesting to follow the presidential race. It is not much time left now until the election takes place so things are really heating up. The second presidential debate is taking place right now and it is interesting to see the candidates heckling each other more than actually talking about how to tackle different problems.

This must be one of the best times to be in college. There is the credit crunch going on, the election coming up, and many other factors that play important roles in the society. I have not seen the Wall Street people’s reactions after a bad day, but I am thinking about going there to see it because I find it quiet interesting.

I was really close to skip going to the gym today. I was really tired this morning because I could not really sleep last night. It is a good thing that my business law teacher is really entertaining and fun to listen to because that really gets me in the mood to learn more about the judicial system in New York and in the United States.

It has been a while since I went out to take pictures with my camera. I really want to go out to take some night shots in Manhattan. I have been taking a lot of skyline pictures so I would like to try something different now. I really want to experiment with night shots with long shutter speed.

I think the right place to do that is Times Square so I might go there later this week. My fiancée and I went to the “Build A Bear” store at Fifth Avenue two days ago. It is a really cool place for kids because they can actually see when their bear is being stuffed. 

One-Year Anniversary

It feels good to have another free day tomorrow. I need to do some reading to prepare for Monday and Tuesday, but I also want to practice some math.

I really like the climate right now. It is much colder than just two weeks ago and you can definitely feel that the fall is here. Everything becomes more peaceful and people are more relaxed.

I am really looking forward to see some snow even though it becomes really cold during the winter. It is amazing how different New York is depending on what season it is.

I celebrated my one-year anniversary with my fiancée yesterday. Time has really gone fast and we have done so much together. We have seen most things in New York and visited all five boroughs.

My fiancée and I went to Manhattan today. I wanted to buy a TV-cable for my Macbook so that I can watch movies on my TV. I have always been using S-Video cables before but this time I bought a DVI adapter and an HDMI cable. The picture looks fantastic and much better than when you use an S-Video cable.

I was reading The Economics at school a few days ago. There was a teacher who asked me for what class I read it. She got surprised when I told her I read it because I like it. Obviously, not many students read that magazine. It made me feel good, but I think that it would be good if more students read it.

I do not know what to do tomorrow. I am really in the mood of doing something but I really can’t come up with anything. I have been having a cold for two weeks now so I have been a little weaker than usual so maybe that’s the reason why I am a little out of ideas right now.

I did not work out on the gym for two weeks but I have started again. It feels really good to go there, and I am not pushing myself too much anymore. The reason I am taking it slow is because I do not want to get tired of working out again. 

Berkeley College

I have now met all my teachers and I am very satisfied so far. My math teacher seems to be very smart and understandable, and my professor in consumer behavior is very experienced.

Like I have described before, I do not like math. I am very thankful that Berkeley College offers free tutoring because I might need it. Hopefully, I will not have to use the tutoring, but it feels safe that it is there if I need it.

I also met my old professor today and I really enjoyed talking to him. I have not seen him since my first quarter, which is more than a year ago. He is very intelligent and I was happy to hear that he is teaching a class that I will take in the future.

One thing that I really like about Berkeley College is that the teachers connect classes with reality. In most of my classes we now talk about the financial crisis, which I find very interesting. I follow it pretty closely by reading about it in “The Economist,” and I am also following it on the news on a daily basis.

I believe that it is a great time to be a student. Not only because the unemployment rate is going up, but also because there is a lot to learn from this crisis. It is amazing how teachers at Berkeley College can connect this crisis to the different classes.

In business law we discuss it from a legal perspective. In consumer behavior we talk about it based on how it affects consumers, and in microeconomics we talk about it more generally, even though it might have been more appropriate to talk about it in a macroeconomics class. However, I am more than thankful that we cover this important subject in this class.

I am trying to sell my books now. I put up posters in school today and I hope that someone will contact me in a near future. It usually pays of to put up posters so I am hopeful that it will work.

Berkeley College has renovated the basement in our main building. I noticed it today and it looks fantastic. They have built a lounge for students and there is a large flat screen television down there for people who want to watch movies or similar.

I noticed today that Berkeley College has a new website so I advice every one of you to check it out.